The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) have also announced that Britney Eurton and Lindsay Czarniak will return as co-hosts of the Eclipse Awards. Caton Bredar returns as Ceremony Announcer.
“We are very pleased to have Britney Eurton, Lindsay Czarniak and Caton Bredar back at the Eclipse Awards,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “These three women are incredible representatives of our great sport, and we look forward to them once again starring at an event where we honor the human and equine stars of 2025.”
Britney Eurton is an anchor and reporter for NBC, Amazon Prime and other independent networks. She began her broadcasting career at FanDuel (formerly TVG) in 2014, covering major horse racing events around the world such as the Triple Crown, Breeders’ Cup and Royal Ascot. She will return to the Eclipse Awards in 2026 after co-hosting the past six years. In 2017, Eurton made her NBC Sports debut with the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series and now serves as host and reporter for their horse racing coverage. Her role at NBC also included reporting on various events such as tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics, volleyball and MLB, in addition to hosting the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. For Amazon Prime, Eurton currently covers the National Women’s Soccer League. Eurton is a board member of New Vocations, one of the largest thoroughbred aftercare organizations in the country. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in business administration and is the daughter of Peter Eurton, a former jockey and veteran thoroughbred horse trainer.
Lindsay Czarniak is an EMMY and Gracie award-winning broadcaster known for her work in the sports industry. Czarniak hosted NBC Universal’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics on USA Network. Her reporting and hosting roles include The Today Show 3rd Hour, the Indy 500 Victory Celebration and the events surrounding the sport’s biggest race, as well as hosting the National Grocers Association’s annual Best Bagger Championship. Czarniak continues her work as a journalistic content creator with her partnership with America’s Best Racing and their “A Stake in Stardom” program.
In recent years, Czarniak has appeared in on-air hosting and sideline reporting roles for FOX NFL and NASCAR, CBS’s Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), and NBC Sports coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics. She has also hosted the celebrity interview podcasts “The Artist and The Athlete” with Sony Music, which paired top sports and music stars with surprising connections, and “Lunch with Lindsay,” which featured she sat with notable figures from sports and entertainment for informal conversations. Previously, Czarniak worked at ESPN from 2011 to 2017, where he anchored SportsCenter and contributed to Sunday NFL Countdown as a reporter and on-field host. During this time, she became the first woman to anchor the network’s coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on ABC.
Czarniak began her career as an on-air reporter at multiple stations in Atlanta, Georgia, Jacksonville, Florida, and Miami, Florida. She also worked at the NBC affiliate in Washington, DC, for the legendary George Michael as a sportscaster/anchor and fill-in host of “The George Michael Sports Machine.” Czarniak grew up learning about horse racing from her father, Chet Czarniak, who covered the sport for USA Today in the early 1980s. She graduated from James Madison University in 2000 with a major in journalism and a minor in studio art. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, Craig Melvin, and two children.
Caton Bredar is an award-winning journalist and reporter with more than 25 years of experience across media including print, radio and television, covering a variety of sports and human interest stories. She is considered one of the foremost experts and commentators on thoroughbred horse racing.
Bredar was the first on-air talent hired for the Television Games Network (TVG). She was their main anchor for four years, working out of the Los Angeles studios and traveling nationally and internationally to cover major races. In 2015, with the merger of HRTV and TVG, she returned to TVG and currently works for FanDuel TV in Keeneland, Saratoga and the Gulfstream Park Championship meet, as well as special events. She has also contributed to thoroughbred and harness events on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS and FOX, as well as numerous regional shows. She also reported on professional figure skating for ESPN and FOX. Bredar also served on the Board of Directors of the Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs for the past five years.
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